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you two. Now, what he customarily says is not true, and the graud- 

 mother of you two firmly believes the things that he says; so that is 

 the reason that I desire that thou shouldst come hither. For the fact 

 is. she discriminates between _vou two, loving^ him, but not thee. 

 Here, then, I have made a bow and an arrow as well for thee. Here, 

 then, take them." So thereupon he accepted them. The}' were 

 marvelously fine in appearance. He said: "Thou must malte use of 

 these as thou goest about shooting, for sometimes thou hast asked 

 thy g'randmother to make thee a bow somewhat ])etter than the one 

 thou madest for thyself, yet she would, customarily, not give ear to 

 it, and l)e.sides that she would habituallj- refuse, and then order thee 

 away. She would customarily say: 'Cto thou from here. I have no 

 desire to be looking at thee, for thou art the one assuredly who killed 

 mj' girl child.' Now this, customarily, was the kind of discourse 

 she spoke. So now, then, another thing. Here, of course, are two 



e"'s ra'to"' 



cus- he it say 

 loinarily 



nifho'ten" 



such kind of 

 tiling 



Ne' dji' 



The wherL^ 



ia*'te"'. 



not at 



j'k' no' ietchi'sot'hti' ne' 



tiiakawe'tsf'ko"' 



so she it firmly believes 



ne 



the 



dji' 



rt'here 



ra'to"'; ta'. 



hu it says; so. 



teuikoti'"he" 



she one to the 

 other prefers 



tiiori'^hwa 



so it reason 



waKe ro 



I it pur- 



ke"'' o"te'se'te'. 



lieri^ tltou wilt 



mo"''hil 



he him- 



roiiwanoro"''khwa\ 



she him loves, 



Ke"" 



kii'ti' 



so then 



konia'eflnonnien'ni' 



I thee it bow have made 



for, 



no'k' 



and 



o ni 



also 



ni se 



the 

 thou 



ne' 



the 



kaien'kwire' 



Akwa-' 



Very 



ka'tr 



Ta', e'tho'ne' nen' wa'haie'na'. 



So, at that now he it took, 

 time 



Wa'heii'ro"": "■ Ne"' e'"sats'thake' 



He it said: "That thou it shalt use 



appearance. one habitually 



dji' sriie"'e"'ha'tie'se\ a'se'ke"" sewatie're"' wa'sheri'hwanon'- 



Ko-' 



Here .so then." 

 (it is) 



ione'hra'kwa't iorfi'se" 



it is marvelous it is fine 



vhero 



to" se 



question 



tliou goest about 

 shooting, 



e' sa'sot'hn 



the 



aioian ereke r 



it would be t 



good 



thaioiithofi'tate' 



she it would consent 



"I'sf 



■ Far 



iioii we 



Ihe i)lace 



yonder 



takoiikan'ereke'. 



I thee should see. 



dji' 



ia'hii 



there 

 thou 



I'se' 



Thou 



because 



the 



ni'io't 



sometime 



aiesaennon men 



tlH 



r askedst 



se""ha' 



more 



satatsa'a'ni", ia'' ki"' e"'s 



soiti« Ihe thou thvsell didst nni, I cMistom- 



malie f.jr, believe, arily 



•hno""' iiiesate'kwa'te'. Wai'ro"' e'"s: 



and she thee would She it said custom- 



order away. arily: 



Li'' tha'tewakato"''hwe.ndjiou'ni' ne' 



Not I it desire, (it is needful for me) the 



se"' she'rio' ne' kheiefr'a'. Ta', 



wa'iii" 



verilv 



e" e"'s niieri'ho'tc"' 



thus cus- such her tale is 

 tomarily 



Ke"" wa"hf tekano"' 



This verily two it ears o: 



dji' 



U'here 



iako''thare". 



slie is talking. 



Ta', nen' 



a re 



again 



o la . 



other 



;wen lake 



tekoiiteroiTweks 



whiter I, shriveling) 



ste" 



